The best thing that can be said of the 2023 session of the Kansas Legislature is that it is over. The second-best? It wasn’t quite as bad as it could’ve been.  But it came close. …

The Iola Elks will host a taco bar fundraiser from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Elks Lodge, 202 S. Jefferson Ave. Meals sell for $10 for all-you-can eat dinners, or $5 for two…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: We will soon be spending about eight days with my husband’s family. I recently got a tattoo on my wrist, which I’ve wanted for years. My father-in-law has…

Carter Warden, a fourth-grader at Iola Elementary School, admitted he was a little nervous to walk on the Lehigh Portland Trails on Monday morning. He’d never been on the trails before. “I don’t like snakes…

CHEROKEE — In the team’s toughest league matchup of the season, the Crest High baseball team handled Southeast with ease and picked up another pair of victories Monday. The Lancers (14-0) opened up the floodgates…

NEODESHA — The Humboldt High track team competed at the Neodesha Invitational last Thursday.  The Humboldt girls earned fourth place out of 10 teams while the Humboldt boys took fifth place as a team. Top…

HUMBOLDT — For a few fleeting hours Saturday, Humboldt’s Carsyn Haviland and Maddox Johnson will hold the distinction of being community college graduates before they’ve graduated from high school. Sure, it’s simply because of a…

Iola High School sophomores, clockwise from left, Harper Desmarteau, Elza Clift and Alana Mader enjoy a break in the school day to decorate the sidewalk with chalk.

USD 257 Board of Education members helped with morning dropoff at Iola Elementary School to show their appreciation for staff in advance of Teacher Appreciation Week, celebrated the first week of May. From left are…

Between the baseball and softball diamonds and the track and field, high school athletes have been impressive with their athletic abilities. Three high school boys and girls have been chosen as candidates for the April…